Home At Last
The moment the servants scattered, the last wisp of air left my lungs.
My soul drifted weightlessly out of my body.
I hovered in a daze, half-transparent, and softly asked the system in my mind, 'Can you transmit me now? I want to go home.'
But the system's mechanical voice was flat and unyielding: [Only once the male and female leads acknowledge your death can you exit this world.]
I paused for a moment, then let it go. I'd survived decades—what was a little more waiting?